3rd December 2013Decision taken by Lincolnshire County Council to close Wainfleet Library from 6th May 2014 and provide mobile-only service instead

23rd January 2014Public Meeting called to address the demise of the library - 20 people volunteered to help

DAY ONE30th January 2014Expression of Interest in running the library (working name - Wainfleet Library Association) e-mailed to Lincolnshire County Council

4th February 2014Post Expression of Interest meeting - 26 people attended - 11 agreed to form a Steering Group

DAY TEN8th February 2014Nine members of the Steering Group attended Library Business Planning meeting at Springfields, Spalding

DAY FIFTEEN13th February 2014Inaugural meeting of the Steering Group - now renamed Management Committee of Our Wainfleet Library & Community Hub.Five members agree to become Trustees.

14th February 2014Expression of Interest rejected - new deadline of 28th February to resubmit on pro-forma.We have to score 45 points to be allowed to complete the full Community Hub Application (Business Case) by 31st March

DAY TWENTY ONE19th February 2014Inaugural meeting of the Trustees.Decision made to pursue the formation of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

24th February 2014Volunteer Leaflet launched, with closing date of 14th March. This leaves only 17 days to complete the Business Case by 31st March!!

DAY TWENTY SEVEN25th February 2014Second Management Committee meeting, very useful three and a half hour marathon session - Business Case its way! Constitution ratified

26th February 2014Mentioned in the Grapevine section of the East Lindsey Target

27th February 2014Meeting with Library District Manager Matt Stevens, at the library to identify current library assets we could inherit

DAY THIRTY28th February 2014Second Expression of Interest submitted. (Not sure what the time scale is for an answer on this; we will have to presume it will be accepted as the deadline for the full Business Case is 31st March, CAN'T STOP)Application to open a bank account posted

2nd March 2014Website launched

4th March 2014"School Gate" Survey at Magdalen School - 46 responsesMeeting of Wainfleet All Saints Town Council, 6 Management Committee members attended, 3 as Town Councillors, 3 as ObserversThe Town Council agreed to move to the Magdalen College building to help form the Hub. They will provide a letter to confirm this decision so that it can be included in the Business CaseThe Town Council also agreed a donation of £250 as seed funding - just need a bank account to pay it into now!

DAY THIRTY FIVE5th March 2014Spoke to Robert Walker, Building Conservation Officer at East Lindsey District Council, he advised to contact English Heritage as Scheduled Ancient Monument designation overrides Schedule 1 Listing

6th March 2014Spoke to John Brecon at English Heritage (East Midlands) advised us to speak to one of the Scheduled Monument Inspectors for pre-application advice. Third Management Committee meeting

7th March 2014Survey of people in the Market Place in the morning and Library vicinity in the afternoon (76 responses).Response from English Heritage - the Scheduled Monument Inspector is coming to visit the site on 21st March.

10th March 2014Attended meeting of the Skegness Area Voluntary Sector Meeting.Met various people from all kinds of organisations including Viv Cross, Senior Youth and Community Development Worker from Lincolnshire County Council, who covers the East Lindsey area.Wainfleet St Mary's Parish Council agreed a donation of £250 as seed funding - still awaiting a bank account to pay it into!

11th Mar﻿ch 2014Letter received from Lincolnshire County Council; Expression of Interest to run Wainfleet Library ACCEPTEDLoads of work still to do to complete the Business Case application by 31st March; but at least the first hurdle is over!Friskney "School Gate" survey - 34 responses - transport to Wainfleet identified as an issue by some respondents.

12th March 2014Report on "Wainfleet Library and museum cut fears" on Skegness Standard website but, unfortunately, not in print.Very useful meeting with Marie Chapman, Development Worker at Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS)Contacted by East Lindsey Target about the possibility of a report in next week's paper

DAY FORTY TWO13th March 2014Fourth Management Committee meeting

14th March 2014Last day for prospective volunteers to return their forms to Wainfleet Post Office

15th March 2014A staggering 78 people (the Management Committee plus 67 others) have come forward to help save the Library!

17th March 2014 Meeting with Trustees of Magdalen Museum to discuss joint working

19th March 2014E-mail from Jonathan Platt, Head of Libraries and Heritage headed "Lincolnshire Libraries Judicial Review" advising that "following an initial assessment, a full review of the county council's decision to change library services has been granted. A high court hearing will now be scheduled to examine the matter, giving both sides the opportunity to present their case. This will probably be in the summer of 2014." "At present, this does not change the deadline of 31 March 2014 for submitting applications and business plans, and I would encourage you to continue to work with my colleague Gary Porter, Network Manager East, on these."

30th MayMeeting of Management Committee with Tracey Scoot, Deployment Manager - Corporate Property at Lincolnshire County Council to discuss the lease and tenure of the building - cancelled

4th JuneMeeting of the Management Committee to discuss the viability of continuing with the bid to use the legacy facilities at the Magdalen College. Members voted to seek alternative accommodation within Wainfleet as the College is deemed "not fit for purpose"

13th JuneMeeting of the Management Committee to discuss Wainfleet Community Hall site.

16th JuneCharity Commission Case Officer appointed, application for Registration progressing.Meeting with the Trustee and a representative of the Management Committee of Wainfleet Community Hall, to discuss the possibility of amalgamating so that the Library and Community Hub can use the site.

24th JuneMeeting at Manby to discuss revised bid.

8th/9th JulyJudicial Review at the High Court

NovemberDecision taken to withdraw the bid for OWLChub to run a library in Wainfleet